Hawes, I can personally attest, is not the only student of French literature to develop a crush on Albert Camus, the Humphrey Bogart-handsome French-Algerian author who, in books including “The Stranger,” “The Plague” and “The Myth of Sisyphus,” recognized the hopelessness of existence but made a convincing case for ethical engagement regardless. He was irresistibly endowed with what Susan Sontag called “moral beauty.” (via Book Review: ‘Camus, a Romance’ by Elizabeth Hawes - washingtonpost.com
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